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Tennis-Pliskova advances to U.S. Open quarters, her fourth
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fourth-seeded Karolina Pliskova mounted a strong defensive effort to send Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova packing 7-5 6-4 in the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Monday, keeping ...
Sep 06, 2021
Mystics visit Storm with postseason aspirations at stake
The Washington Mystics and the host Seattle Storm are both struggling as they prepare to meet Tuesday night. The difference is that defending WNBA champion Seattle already has clinched a playoff berth...
Sep 06, 2021
A’s, White Sox hoping to improve playoff positioning
The Chicago White Sox could play a role in determining a future playoff opponent when they kick off an important six-game sequence with the opener of a three-game series against the host Oakland Athle...
Sep 06, 2021
Tennis-Britain’s star Raducanu takes confident step into the spotlight
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - Her U.S. Open journey isn't over but Emma Raducanu has already written herself into the history books, reaching her first Grand Slam quarter-final to take up the ma...
Sep 06, 2021
Tennis-Losing is bad enough but it now comes with death threats, say players
By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) - As if a fourth round 6-2 6-1 thrashing at the U.S. Open was not hard enough to deal with, American Shelby Rogers said that she would most likely have to contend w...
Sep 06, 2021
Tennis-Harris wins battle of big servers to reach U.S. Open quarters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Unseeded South African Lloyd Harris stormed into his first Grand Slam quarter-final with a crushing 6-7(6) 6-4 6-1 6-3 victory over American Reilly Opelka on Monday. The 24-year-o...
Sep 06, 2021
Tennis-Surviving U.S. Open draw is a marathon, not a sprint
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - 'Survival of the fittest' appears to be the mantra at this year's U.S. Open as marathon matches dominate proceedings at Flushing Meadows to the delight of fans. Whi...
Sep 06, 2021
Tennis-Raducanu’s dream U.S. Open run continues with Rogers thrashing
By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) - British teenager Emma Raducanu continued her dream run at the U.S. Open on Monday by overwhelming American Shelby Rogers 6-2 6-1 to reach her first Grand Slam qua...
Sep 06, 2021
Tennis-Economical Zverev rolls into U.S. Open quarters
By Steve Keating NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alexander Zverev eased past Jannik Sinner 6-4 6-4 7-6(7) and into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open on Monday as the fourth-seeded German extended his winning r...
Sep 06, 2021
Tennis-Bencic survives Swiatek test to reach U.S. Open quarter-finals
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Swiss Olympic champion Belinda Bencic survived a punishing first-set tiebreak to defeat seventh seed Iga Swiatek of Poland 7-6(12) 6-3 in the fourth round of the U.S Open on Monda...
Sep 06, 2021
